| Population:
133,376,684 (July 2002 est.) |
| Age
Structure: 0-14 years: 33.8% (male 23,069,242;
female 21,995,457) 15-64 years: 62.8% (male 42,924,778;
female 40,873,077) 65 years and over: 3.4% (male 2,444,314;
female 2,069,816) (2002 est.) |
|
Population Growth Rate: 1.59% (2002
est.) |
| Birth
Rate: 25.12 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
| Death
Rate: 8.47 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
| Net
Migration Rate: -0.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population
(2002 est.) |
| Sex
Ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female; under
15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female; 15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female;
65 years and over: 1.18 male(s)/female; total population:
1.05 male(s)/female (2002 est.) |
| Infant
Mortality Rate: 68.05 deaths/1,000
live births (2002 est.) |
| Life
Expectancy at Birth: total population: 60.92
years -- female: 60.74 years (2002 est.); male: 61.08
years |
| Total
Fertility Rate: 2.72 children born/woman (2002
est.) |
| HIV/AIDS
(adult prevalence rate): 0.02% (1999 est.)
|
| HIV/AIDS
(people living with HIV/AIDS): 13,000 (1999
est.) |
| HIV/AIDS
(deaths): 1,000 (1999 est.) |
| Nationality:
noun: Bangladeshi(s); adjective: Bangladeshi |
| Ethnic
groups: Bengali 98%, tribal groups, non-Bengali
Muslims (1998) |
| Religions:
Muslim 83%, Hindu 16%, other 1% (1998) |
| Languages:
Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English
|
| Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write. total
population: 56% male: 63%; female: 49% (2000 est.) |
Dhaka
Division
People of Bangladesh 
